On Saturday, October 24, some armed men believed to be Ambazonia rebels, a militia group that has been fighting for the independence of northwest and south Cameroon attacked a school and killed some students.
The school, Fransisca International Bi-lingual Academy located in Koumba which is in the southwest of Cameroon suffered this tragic incident at a time when classes were in session.
According to one of the surviving students, they were having a French Language class when they heard the gunshots so they ran and hid themselves. “We were having the French language lesson when we heard gunshots. The teacher was the first to escape and I heard people shouting. When I came back to check, I saw dead bodies in the primary [school] section,” He told AfricaNews.
Since 2017, Cameroon has been battling violence and recently had to close down schools. Targets of the violence have been Millitary and Civliian Installations. The Schools in the English Speaking areas of the Country reopened only two weeks ago.
Ali Aonougu, the administrative head of Koumba sub-division has called for citizens to fight and put an end to this violence affecting innocent students. “… I ask the people to stand up to fight these terrorists today in Kumba, we must put an end to this; our children must go to school, they must not be targets because they demand their education,” He said.
Six children according to reports have been killed in this shooting.
